Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-24

Owing to the fact that all the details,
for the new dummy service, have not
been completed the Union Pacific man.
agement has decided to run trains the
same as in the past until the first of May.
The train will then run from Council
Bluffs to South Omaha on very nearly
the same time as they now run between
Omaha and Council Bluffs. There will
be two trains and four crews.
Mendelssohn tSLawrie VS. the County
nissioners.
OMAHA, April 23-To the Editor Omaha
BEE: VIII you kindly permit us to say
few words in reply to the remarks OF County
Commissioners Mount and Okeefe, pub
lished in your paper of last Monday evening"
in relation to the county hospital plans.
Mr.. MOuht, there, takes occasion to admit
his agreement to stand by us, ''all things
being equal" but he signaly, fails to say
wherein things were not equal.
Mr. O'Keefe, there, states that he had been
in favor of Mr. Myers plans the last time as
well as the first, because he considered them
the best In making this statement, the gen
mentable ignorance of the subject in hand.
The former plans presented by Mr.. Myers
were unlike his latter plans, as finally
COMMITTEES Of ply scans as being unsuitable 5s
O'Keefe considered them the best
s Myers FIRST aas pses wSy Tsre did the he cnanse Ssse
his general designs to conform: as near as
could be, to the COcl,rane aud Mendelssohn
idea? And If MIR. OKeefe considered My
s s psns as s s ey Y sS Ss he rass S s
and totally changed? These gentlemen take
occasion to say that our pavilion plan was
inferior to Myers. and was. nothing but a
Myers, in the second competition, adopt our
general design? If the commissioners had
availed themselves of the opportunity and
examined our plans and specifications, (stili
| the floors are to be constructed with iron
beams and terra Gotta arches covered with
| cement floors; that all exterior and m ain in
GUS from bottom to top and the minor parti-
| ton walls of hollow terra Gotta tile. The
! roof was to be of wrought and cast iron cov-
| cred with slate. Nowhere was wood to be
| floors in the administration building, and
there IT was optional as between wood and
cement.
Our plans called for tire-proof building in
every particular. These gentlemen say that
upon their return from thss east, they, were
satisfied that none of the aans should be &C
cepted. In what manner were they so salts
lied? They started with the plans, with the
names erased, for the evowed purpose of
going east to New York and other points,
and submitting them to experts and obtain
ing their opinion upon them The faet %t Is
| they went to Chicago aud Detroit. When
up in the hotel safe until the commissioners
| were ready to leave the city, and in Detroit
plans we're submitted to EXPERTS, will the
commissioners please give the names ana
addresses Of the experts?
MeSsrs. Mount and O'keefe say that mas
much as our plans were entitled to only
second place in the first composition and we
had not materially changed them, II follows
1 as matter OF course, they were still entitled
| to second place in the SecORd competition
in the first competitions, our plans. were
| awarded a place second to COchrane's, not
| Meyers. and If, as the commissioners say
this Improvement had been brought about BY
conforming TO the general design OF Sochrane
and Mendelssohn, why can Mr.. O'Keefe say
that the Meyers plan was best on the lrst
Cochrane's plans were preferred to ours be-
cause more extensive and more expensive.
The pavilion plan Is everywhere regarded
as one OF the greatest projections % against hre
ing made our building tire-proof in its con-
struction. will the commissioners kindly ex-
plain wherein our plans call for tire-trap
bond OF $50 10000 We agreed to give bond
| In any amount the commissioners would
name to make our building ire-proof within
These gentlemen further say that our hol-
low tile partitions invite dirt and filth. VIII
the gentlemen explain in what way terra,
Gotta tile, which is of superior clay and
/ n8rueT LnaU DTlCk, anu ClUSCly SCdiCu uIiu
plastered on both sides, can possibly, invite
iilth of any kind? Every one who has
travelled or investigated the matter, knows
that terra Gotta is recognlzed as the best hre,
prominent buildings, lately erected, are con-
structed largely of that material
One feature of this competition has, per,
haps, not been made public, and it illustrates
regard to this matter. They came to us while
the plans were under discussion and said
had provided n" scheme for heating
mitted an excellent system,
Now, it so happened, that the commits
siOners, had, by accident, placed our speci-
tcations for heating and yentiiating with
believing them to belong to Myers. When
they ascertained their mistake, our scheme
of heating and ventllating took tumble IL
'"SIf VIII eS!"S Mr. oReefe please explain how hi
satisfied himself that Myers tirst plan Wa'
; the best, when he was Ignorant, personally
of the matter in hand, and when such ply
scians as Mercer, Summers, Lee, Grady
Ayers and others had considered them?
Messrs. Mount and o. keefe give the cost
l per patient, under our plans at S9OSOS, ant
under Myers plans at .iJss sSto 60, ,os no,,ort
at a cost of SIZE, 900. Divide sll2, 900 by 19j
and you find the cost as stated by the com
missiOners. We provided for 2oO patients "a
t by 100, and tine greatest possible cost pc
/ patient under our plans would be only SO
per patient, and not Sp9o3, as stated .
the commissioners, and the actual cost nigh
necessary to mis- state the facts? Ii the hun
dred reasons they profess 10 have for thei
action are no better founded than their fig
ures, they certainly would carry little weigh
with the Taxpayers
The public now understand that MyeI
J. has given bond in S20, 90 To complete thi
hospital, and to make II itaiirerprOOf buildin
with no wood but doors, complete In all !,
details, ready to be occupied by l95 patients
at q cost or $ll2.00O
MENDELssoHN & LAwRIE.